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"Ayeeee! " Sheer defiance, not only of the beast he fronted, but of the Wyverns as well, brought that old rallying cry to his lips -- the call used on the Dumps of Tyr to summon gang aid against outsiders. Fork-tail had crouched again for a spring, but that throat-crackling blast appeared to startle it.
Shann, blade ready, took a dancing step to the right. The thing was scaled, perhaps as well armored against frontal attack as was the shell-creature he had fought with the aid of the wolverines. He wished he had the Terran animals now -- with Taggi and his mate to tease and feint about the monster, as they had done with the Throg hound -- for he would have a better chance. If only the animals were here!